ID: 14540
Date of birth : 1879
Date of death : 1910
Björg Benediktsdóttir was born in 1879. She died in Manitoba in 1910.
Spouse: In 1901 Sveinbjörn Vigfússon b. September 26, 1874 in N. Múlasýsla, d. in the Víðines settlement in Manitoba on March 17, 1936. He took the last name Hólm in the west.
Children: Björg had two sons, who came west with her: 1. Sigurður Þorsteinsson 2. Björgvin Sigurfinnsson. With Sveinbjörn: 1. Árni b. 1903, d. 1931 2. Sigurbjörg b. 1905, d. 1997 3. Hildur (Hilda) b. 1907, d. 1965 4. Þórður b. 1909, d. 1927.
Björg and Sveinbjörn came west in 1903 and settled in Manitoba. Svinbjörn took land in the Víðines where he was a farmer.